User Documentation Scheduled Tasks let Joomla run routine actions automatically on a timed basis, similar to a cronjob. Introduced in Joomla 4.1, they're managed from Components in the administrator menu. A number of built-in tasks ship with Joomla itself, several already enabled by default, and third-party extensions can add their own.
This section covers setting a task's timing and choosing which scheduler triggers it.
- How to Schedule a Task – Setting up a task's timing, from simple intervals to cron expressions, using the Session Data Purge task as an example.
- How to Choose a Scheduler – Choosing between the Lazy Scheduler and Web Cron Scheduler to control when scheduled tasks actually run.